There Be Monsters
“In like a lion, out like a lamb,” that’s what they say about March. To the extent that expression applies to the weather this month and to this blog, I think 2014 may be the exception that proves the...
View ArticleCJSM Podcast 10: Exercise-associated Hyponatremia, the 2015 Consensus Statement
#DrinkToThirst is the hashtag that needs to trend in the sports medicine world! Exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH), a preventable and treatable but potentially life-threatening condition that can...
View ArticleTeam Physicians: On your mark, get set….go!
Originally posted on Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine Blog: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Staff Physicians and ATCsin “the Horseshoe” at the Ohio State University, prior to game. Earlier this week,...
View ArticleNovember…….already
Really? Can it be that November is here? I just covered my last high school football game of the fall, a loss in the playoffs. A season which began in the heat and humidity of August [with its...
View Article5 Questions with Brooke de Lench, MomsTEAM Institute of Youth Sports Safety
I am pleased to have as our guest today Ms. Brooke de Lench, a pioneer and leader in the field of youth sports safety. Brooke is founder and Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute of Youth Sports...
View ArticleBoxing in the Olympics
With summer holidays and work, I will be honest — I have not been watching too much of the Olympics on the television. I have made a point to watch Michael Phelps’ last (possibly?) Olympic swim and...
View ArticlePRiSM 2017 — Dallas
The last time we wrote about the Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine Society (PRiSM) we were in sunny San Diego. This year’s annual meeting took place in another sunny, albeit slightly cooler,...
View ArticleMaking a Good Thing Better — The Healthy Sport Index & Youth Sports
Youth sports is of special interest to me — I practice pediatric sports medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and perhaps 90% or more of the patients I see regularly participate in youth sports....
View ArticleThe Mental Health Podcast and CASEMCON2019
I hope readers of this blog, and listeners of the podcast, have been following #CASEMCON2019 on their social media feeds this week. The Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) has been...
View ArticleSports Med Garnering Headlines — the Ugly Way
I woke up Saturday to local news that had a national profile and an international impact: the front page of ‘my’ local newspaper, The Columbus Dispatch announced in a headline A Failure to act by OSU...
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